Pope Leo XIV

New pope, who is a tennis fan, meets world's No. 1 player

Pope Leo XIV enjoys playing tennis and seems to have been keeping up with the Italian Open.

Pope Leo XIV

With jobs disappearing, cardinal says he 'rejoiced' at pope's name choice

Cardinal Czerny, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, talks about jobs -- a critical issue facing the church, governments and people.

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Pope pledges strengthened dialogue with Jewish community

With personal messages to the Chief Rabbi of Rome and to the American Jewish Committee, Pope Leo XIV pledged to continue building on good relations between the Catholic...

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Pope thanks media, urges them to be peacemakers

Pope Leo XIV met with thousands of reporters, radio and television correspondents, photographers and camera operators who covered the death and funeral of Pope Francis...

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Pope Leo prays for vocations, for peace and for mothers on Mother's Day

Tens of thousands of people gathered in St. Peter's Square again to join Pope Leo XIV for the recitation of the "Regina Coeli" prayer at noon.

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Pope Leo: A pope is nothing more than a humble servant

In his first formal address to the College of Cardinals, Pope Leo XIV committed to continuing the Catholic Church's post-Vatican II mission and to renewing social...

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Unity, not nationality led to Pope Leo's election, U.S. cardinals say

Cardinal Christophe Pierre, nuncio to the United States, and six of the U.S. cardinals who participated in the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV spoke at a news...

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New pope calls for Christian witness in world that finds faith 'absurd'

Pope Leo XIV, in his first Mass as pope, said Christians must offer witness in a world that prefers power, pleasure and success to faith.

U.S. Bishops Welcome Pope Leo XIV

Statement from Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the USCCB.

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Chicago native Cardinal Prevost elected pope, takes name Leo XIV

A native of Chicago and Augustinian missionary who worked for years in Peru, the new Pope Leo XIV had been working at the Vatican as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops...